Understand
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During the Middle Ages, Les Borges Blanques was a walled town with several defense towers. The town was granted to different nobles and feudal lords, who exercised their dominion over it through various periods.
In the 13th century it was part of the Anglesola domain, and later passed into the hands of the Cardona family. In 1217, Peter the Catholic granted the town the privilege of holding a weekly market, a tradition that has endured to this day.
During the modern era, Les Borges Blanques consolidated itself as an important agricultural and commercial center on the plain of Lleida. The economy was mainly based on the cultivation of olive trees, cereals and vineyards.
The arrival of the railway in 1874, with the inauguration of the Tarragona-Lleida line, was a great boost to the local economy. This infrastructure facilitated the marketing of agricultural products, especially olive oil, which began to be exported to more distant markets.
Tourist office
[edit]Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Les Borges Blanques Railway Station. Routes: Line RL3 : Cervera - Lleida Pirineus, Line RL4 Terrassa Estació del Nord - Lleida
By bus
[edit]- 1 Les Borges Blanques Bus Station (Estació de autobusos de Les Borges Blanques), Plaça d'Europa.
- AUTOCARS Alsa, ☏ +34 91 3270540. Lines: Les Borges Blanques - Lleida
- AUTOCARS Vibasa, ☏ 902 101 363 (Domestic). lines: Les Borges Blanques - Tarragona, Les Borges Blanques - Barcelona
By car
[edit]- N-240 from Tarragona to Donosti: Vinaixa (14 km); Juneda (5 km)
- C-233 from Bellpuig to Flix: les Borges- Castelldans (9 km); l'Albagés (19 km); el Soleràs (22 km); la Granadella (41 km)
- A-2 motorway: les Borges Blanques - Barcelona (135 km)
- LV-7031: les Borges Blanques - Cervià de les Garrigues (13 km)
- LV-2013: Les Borges Blanques -Floresta (4 km) -els Omellons (9 km) -l'Espluga Calba (14 km) -Fulleda (21 km) -Tarrés (26 km)
Get around
[edit]Parking
[edit]- 2 caravan site. services: sanitary_dump_station
See
[edit]- The Plaça Major stands out for its wide porches, arches and some notable mansions, with certain Renaissance architectural elements.
- 1 parish church of the Assumption of Mary. The current parish church of the Assumption of Mary is a neoclassical temple, equipped with a bell tower with a large balcony that surrounds it, which serves as a viewpoint of the Borges Blanques. The chapel, in Baroque style, dates from 1743.
- 2 hermitage of Sant Salvador. The hermitage of Sant Salvador, 3.5 km from the city, on the road that connects the Borges Blanques with Cervià, is a simple building, with a Romanesque base, with a single nave ending in a rectangular head.
- 3 hermitage of Sant Cristòfol. 2 km from the city is the Font Vella park, with the modern hermitage of Sant Cristòfol
- On the Terrall promenade, in the heart of the city, there are two ponds with swans, ducks, geese and a large garden in which there is a wide variety of plants and trees, as well as an 18th-century oil press. At one end of the promenade is the Marquès d'Olivart Library.
- 4 Marquès d'Olivart Palace. The Marquès d'Olivart Palace is now the current town hall. It is located in the old town, in a very central place in the town, near the Plaça Major.
Do
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[edit]Typical dishes
[edit]- Arbequina olives are a very popular appetizer
- Snails in a tin (caragols a la llauna), a typical dish of most of the regions of Lleida
- The cassola de tros is a popular gastronomic tradition, and in some towns in the region competitions and festivals are held around this dish with a high level of participation.
- Orelletes are the typical sweet of the region. Making them at home for the Festa Major has been a tradition that has survived to this day, and they can now also be bought in bakeries.